Mixing Education and Technology!

Years and years and years ago, back in the day when the schools only had reading, writing, and arithmetic or even back in the days when my ancestors didn't have the right to learn there wasn't any physical technology in school. Eventually to my knowledge the first piece of technology in the classroom that made a truly great impact on students was the computer and then so on in time laptops, white boards, projectors and etc. emerged. This thought makes me wonder if the people back in the day were bored out of their minds while they were in class. When I was younger and in the elementary grades we simply had computers, projectors, intercoms, and telephones in the classroom. School was still informational and intriguing at times but I think it would have been a much better experience if we had more technology during those times. In these days students have so many different forms of technology in the classroom.They have computers, laptops, white boards, projectors and may even e-books. I believe that using technology in the classrooms gains more student interest and curiosity to the information that is being taught. The purpose of mixing technology with education to me is to create a clearer understanding of what is being taught, create a more hands-on way for students to learn, and to get students to become interested in their education. There a several ways to mix education and technology. Students can be taught to use new technologies. Students can be taught to use computers and laptops, through producing documents through programs like word, excel, power-point and other applications.